1940 Giro d'Italia

May 2017 1940 Giro d'Italia 17 May – 9 June 1940 20 3574 km 107h 31' 10" Fausto Coppi ITA 1861 Legnano pink Enrico Mollo ITA 1861 Fréjus Giordano Cottur ITA 1861 Lygie Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Legnano Gloria 1939 1946 The 1940 Giro d'Italia was the 28th edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 17 May 1940 in Milan with a stage that stretched 180 km 0 on to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 9 June 1940 after a 180 km 0 on stage and a total distance covered of 3574 km 0 on. The race was won by Fausto Coppi (at his first participation) of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Enrico Mollo and Giordano Cottur coming in second and third respectively. Coppi, who was 20 years old at the time, is the youngest winner of the Giro. Participants Of the 91 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 17 May 1940,http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4054&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up I corridori che hanno punzonato Il Littoriale 17 May 1940 1 7 July 2013 it Runners who punched https://web.archive.org/web/20150207042805/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4054&p=1&c=1 7 February 2015 live 47 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 9 June May.http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1940.html 1940 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 10 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130302153643/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1940.html 2 March 2013 live Riders were allowed to ride as a member of a team or group; 41 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 50 competed as a part of a group. The eight teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Legnano, Gloria, Olympia, Lygie, Gerbi. Each team started with either six or seven riders. The Ganna team did not start the race due to the team's Belgian riders not being cleared to enter the country. There were also seven groups, made up of three to five riders each, that participated in the race. Those groups were: S. C. Binda, G. S. Battisti-Aquilano, U. S. Azzini-Universal, Cicli Viscontea,Cicli Viscontea was also known as Comando Generale M.V.S.N. or M.V.S.N.-Viscontea. Dopolavoro Az. Bemberg, U. C. Modenese, Il Littoriale, Dopolavoro Az. Vismara, S. S. Parioli, and G. S. Mater. The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders. The field featured two former Giro d'Italia winners with two-time winners Gino Bartali and Giovanni Valetti, who was the reigning champion. Bartali studied the route for the Giro intensely during the winter before the race and during reconnaissance rides, he befriended local business owners with the hopes of contacting for local road and weather conditions during the race.McConnon McConnon 2012 96 Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Ezio Cecchi, and Fausto Coppi. The only non-Italian riders to compete in the race were Luxembourgian Christophe Didier and Swiss rider Walter Diggelmann. Bartali and Valetti were both seen a strong contenders for the overall title. Originally, a team sponsored by Ganna would have joined, formed by mostly Belgian riders. After the German invasion of Belgium, travel became difficult, and these Belgian riders were unable to reach Italy; from this team only Christophe Didier from Luxembourg was able to reach Italy. Didier was then allowed to race as member of the Olympia team, which was short three riders because three Swiss riders were also not able to reach Italy.van den Akker 2023 24 Route and stages + Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeIn 1940, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the tenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth stages included major mountains.Winner117 MayMilan to Turin 180 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageOlimpio Bizzi ITA 1861218 MayTurin to Genoa 226 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stagePierino Favalli ITA 1861319 MayGenoa to Pisa 188 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageDiego Marabelli ITA 1861420 MayPisa to Grosseto 154 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageAdolfo Leoni ITA 1861521 MayGrosseto to Rome 224 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageAdolfo Leoni ITA 1861 22 May Rest day623 MayRome to Naples 238 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageGlauco Servadei ITA 1861724 MayNaples to Fiuggi 178 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageWalter Generati ITA 1861825 MayFiuggi to Terni 183 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageOlimpio Bizzi ITA 1861926 MayTerni to Arezzo 183 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stagePrimo Volpi ITA 18611027 MayArezzo to Florence 91 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Olimpio Bizzi ITA 1861 28 May Rest day1129 MayFlorence to Modena 184 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageFausto Coppi ITA 18611230 MayModena to Ferrara 199 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageAdolfo Leoni ITA 18611331 MayFerrara to Treviso 125 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageOlimpio Bizzi ITA 1861141 JuneTreviso to Abbazia (Yugoslavia) 215 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageGlauco Servadei ITA 1861152 JuneAbbazia (Yugoslavia) to Trieste 179 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageMario Vicini ITA 1861 3 June Rest day164 JuneTrieste to Pieve di Cadore 202 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Mario Vicini ITA 1861175 JunePieve di Cadore to Ortisei 110 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Gino Bartali ITA 1861 6 June Rest day187 JuneOrtisei to Trento 186 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Glauco Servadei ITA 1861198 JuneTrento to Verona 149 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Gino Bartali ITA 1861209 JuneVerona to Milan 180 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageAdolfo Leoni ITA 1861 Total 3574 km 0 on Race overview During the second stage, Bartali crashed into a dog that ran onto the road, throwing him from the bike.McConnon McConnon 2012 96 He returned to his bike, but a doctor examination after finishing the stage, led the diagnosis of a strained muscle and a recommendation to withdraw from the race.McConnon McConnon 2012 96 Bartali elected to remain the race, but knew he could not win.McConnon McConnon 2012 96 Bartali's team mate Fausto Coppi, originally selected to help Bartali, finished this stage in second place, and climbed to the second place in the general classification. Coppi stayed in the top of general classification in the first half of the Giro, although not without problems. In the eighth stage, he had an accident with a car, and his bike was broken. He only lost three minutes, because his team mate Mario Ricci was told to give his bike to Coppi. After the tenth stage, Coppi was in third place, with only Enrico Mollo and Severino Canavesi in front of him. In the eleventh stage, Coppi attacked on the Abetone, and rode a solo to the finish, winning the stage by almost four minutes, becoming the new race leader. From then on, the Legnano team fully worked for Coppi.https://cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/GdI/GdI_1940.htm Barry Boyce 28th Giro d'Italia 1940 (Italy), A Youthful Coppi Wins Before the War Cycling Revealed Bartali was fifteen minutes behind in the general classification, and considered abandoning the race. His team director Eberardo Pavesi requested him to stay in the race, to work for the team in case Coppi was unable to stay in the lead. In the sixteenth stage, Coppi was not feeling well, and when the climbing started, had to stop on the side of the road to vomit. When Bartali reached Coppi, Bartali was able to convince Coppi to get back on his bike and ride on. Coppi reached the finish, losing only a few seconds to his closest rival Mollo. On the seventeenth stage, Coppi was feeling better, and together with Bartali he rode away from all other riders. Coppi had a flat tire twice, and Bartali waited for him both times. When Bartali had a flat tire, Coppi did not wait until he was told to wait by his team director Eberardo Pavesi. Coppi listened and waited for Bartali; they rode to the finish together and Bartali won the stage, while Coppi cemented his lead. In the final stages, there were no big changes in the general classification, so Coppi became the winner of the 1940 Giro in his first participation, only twenty years old. Classification leadership The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 13 May 2008 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 13 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 8 May 2013 live There were no time bonuses in 1940.van den Akker 2023 68 There was a special classification for the grouped riders, calculated in the same way as the general classification. The leader of this classification was given the white jersey.van den Akker 2023 62 In 1940, one stage was won by a grouped rider: stage 3 by Maribelli for GS Battisti.van den Akker 2023 62 In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the five riders who crossed them first.van den Akker 2023 88 The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4078&p=1&c=1#page/2/mode/1up L'ultima tappa in una immensa cornice di folla e la vittoria di Leoni 10 June 1940 Milan, Italy Il Littoriale 2 7 July 2013 it The final step in a huge frame of the crowd and the victory of Leoni https://web.archive.org/web/20140514070849/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4077&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up 14 May 2014 livevan den Akker 2023 80If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification. The group classification was decided in the same manner, but the classification was exclusive to the competing groups.van den Akker 2023 62 The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. + Classification leadership tablehttps://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1940 https://web.archive.org/web/20241010131815/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/giro.php?jaar=1940 10 October 2024 tourdefrancestatistieken.nl Informatie over de Giro van 1939 Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Best grouped rider25px|link=|alt=Mountains classificationTeam classificationGroup classification 1 Vasco Bergamaschi Olimpio Bizzi Marcello Spadolini not awarded Bianchi UC Modenese 2 Gino Bartali Osvaldo Bailo Fulvio Montini multiple shared Cicli Viscontea 3 Diego Marabelli Giovanni De Stefanis Legnano 4 Adolfo Leoni Pierino Favalli Giovanni Gotti Gloria UC Modenese 5 Adolfo Leoni 6 Glauco Servadei Cicli Viscontea 7 Walter Generati 8 Olimpio Bizzi Enrico Mollo U.S. Azzini-Universal 9 Primo Volpi 10 Olimpio Bizzi Primo Volpi 11 Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi Giovanni De Stefanis Fausto Coppi 12 Adolfo Leoni 13 Olimpio Bizzi 14 Glauco Servadei 15 Mario Vicini 16 Mario Vicini 17 Gino Bartali 18 Glauco Servadei Gino Bartali & Fausto Coppi 19 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali 20 Adolfo Leoni Final Fausto Coppi Giovanni De Stefanis Gino Bartali Gloria U.S. Azzini-Universal Final standings Legend   20px|alt=A pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|link=|alt=White jersey   Denotes the best grouped rider General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4078&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up Con la vittoria d'un nuovo "asso,,: Fausto Coppi e con l'irresistibile volata di Adolfo Leoni il 28 Giro d'Italia ha avuto epilogo all'Arena Il Littoriale 10 June 1940 Milan, Italy 1 7 July 2013 it With the victory of a new "ace,: Fausto Coppi and the irresistible sprinter Adolfo Leoni on the 28th Tour of Italy had epilogue Arena https://web.archive.org/web/20140514070849/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4077&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up 14 May 2014 liveRankNameTeamTime 1 Fausto Coppi ITA 1861 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Legnano 107h 31' 10" 2 Enrico Mollo ITA 1861 Olympia + 2' 40" 3 Giordano Cottur ITA 1861 Lygie + 11' 45" 4 Mario Vicini ITA 1861 Bianchi + 16' 27" 5 Severino Canavesi ITA 1861 Gloria + 16' 50" 6 Ezio Cecchi ITA 1861 Gloria + 22' 30" 7 Walter Generati ITA 1861 Gloria + 25' 03" 8 Giovanni De Stefanis ITA 1861 20px|link=|alt=White jersey Dop. Azzini Bamberg + 27' 50" 9 Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Legnano + 46' 09" 10 Settimio Simonini ITA 1861 U.S. Azzini-Universal + 48' 37" Group rider classification + Final group rider classification (1–10)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7924&p=5#page/5/mode/2up I vincitori delle categorie speciali Corriere dello Sport 14 June 1950 6 7 July 2013 it The winners of the special categories https://web.archive.org/web/20141222201219/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7924&p=5 22 December 2014 liveRankNameTeamTime 1 Giovanni De Stefanis ITA 1861 20px|link=|alt=White jersey Dop. Azzini Bamberg 107h 59' 00" 2 Settimo Simonini ITA 1861 U.S. Azzini-Universal + 19' 47" 3 Adriano Vignoli ITA 1861 Cicli Viscontea + 29' 52" 4 Diego Marabelli ITA 1861 G. S. Battisti-Aquilano + 37' 28" 5 Cesare Del Cancia ITA 1861 Cicli Viscontea + 1h 06' 24" 6 Mario De Benedetti ITA 1861 Dopolavoro Az. Bemberg + 1h 14' 58" 7 Francesco Patti ITA 1861 Il Littoriale + 1h 18' 03" 8 Primo Volpi ITA 1861 U. S. Azzini-Universal + 1h 20' 53" 9 Fulvio Montini ITA 1861 S. S. Parioli + 1h 24' 19" 10 Eduardo Stretti ITA 1861 Dopolavoro Az. Vismara + 1h 34' 00" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–9)http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4077&p=1&c=1#page/2/mode/1up Gino Bartali vince il Gran Pr. della Montagna "Martini e Rossi" Il Littoriale 10 June 1940 Milan, Italy 2 7 July 2013 it Gino Bartali won the Mountains Classification "Martini and Rossi" https://web.archive.org/web/20140514070849/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4077&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up 14 May 2014 liveNameTeamPoints 1 Gino Bartali ITA 1861 Legnano 25 2 Fausto Coppi ITA 1861 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Legnano 21 3 Enrico Mollo ITA 1861 Olympia 13 4 Ezio Cecchi ITA 1861 Gloria 13 5 Mario Vicini ITA 1861 Bianchi 12 6 Giordano Cottur ITA 1861 Lygie 7 Primo Volpi ITA 1861 U.S. Azzini-Universal 8 Giovanni De Stefanis ITA 1861 20px|link=|alt=White jersey Dop. Azzini Bamberg 5 9 Diego Marabelli ITA 1861 GS Battisti-Aquilano 2 Walter Diggelmann ITA 1861 Olympia Team classification + Final team classification (1–6)TeamTime 1 Gloria 306h 14' 23" 2 Legnano + 1h 51' 40" 3 Bianchi + 3h 30' 57" 4 Gerbi + 3h 32' 44" 5 Olympia + 3h 33' 18" 6 Lygie + 5h 03' 30" Group classification + Final group classification (1–4)TeamTime 1 U.S. Azzini-Universal 327h 34' 59" 2 Cicli Viscontea + 16' 41" 3 Dopolavoro Az. Vismara + 33' 41" 4 G.S. Battisti-Aquilano + 1h 15' 37" References Footnotes "Notes" Citations 30em Bibliography McConnon Aili McConnon Andres Road to Valour: Gino Bartali – Tour De France Legend and World War Two Hero https://books.google.com/books?id=DrBzPgAACAAJ 2012 Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 978-0-297-85999-4 van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 1940 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia